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blank check

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. free hand, blank checknoun

    freedom to do as you see fit

    "many have doubts about giving him a free hand to attack"

  2. blank check, blank chequenoun

    a check that has been signed but with the amount payable left blank

Wiktionary

  1. blank checknoun

    A signed check of the type used to draw money from a bank account containing no information as to the amount to be paid with it.

  2. blank checknoun

    A grant of complete authority to spend an unlimited amount of money, or to take other actions without restraint.

Wikipedia

  1. blank check

    A blank cheque in the literal sense is a cheque that has no monetary value written in, but is already signed. In the figurative sense, it is used to describe a situation in which an agreement has been made that is open-ended or vague, and therefore subject to abuse, or in which a party is willing to consider any expense in the pursuance of their goals. The term carte blanche (lit. 'white card') is used in a similar way.

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  1. blank check

    A blank check is a check that is signed by an authorized person but does not have a specified amount of money written on it. This implies that the person who is receiving the check can fill in any amount of their choice. It represents an unlimited freedom or authority to spend an unspecified amount of money, and thus, is often used as a metaphor in non-financial contexts to mean unrestricted authority or freedom.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of blank check in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of blank check in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of blank check in a Sentence

  1. Chris Murphy:

    Instead of holding Saudi Arabia accountable, this administration instead continues to provide them a blank check, i'll be pursuing legislation in September that holds Saudi Arabia accountable and allows Congress to vote on the totality of our security assistance to Saudi Arabia.

  2. Colin Leyden:

    The regulatory regime in a lot of ways drives the infrastructure, in Texas you essentially have a blank check right now.

  3. Shripal Shah:

    This opens the door to more troubling questions about how Zinke is wasting taxpayer money, the secretary must believe he was handed a blank check the day he was confirmed, but the American public won’t tolerate his reckless spending habits.

  4. John Minadakis:

    As a small business, we know we are outgunned by PETA’s blank check book, but we will not back down in the face of tyranny.

  5. Richard Shelby:

    I personally think that if we're going to help people we should direct the cash payments maybe as a supplemental to unemployment, not to the people who are working every day, just a blank check to everybody in America making up to $ 75,000, i don't see the logic of that.


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  • BlankoscheckGerman
  • avoin valtakirja, avoin shekki, blankosekkiFinnish
  • carte blanche, chèque en blancFrench
  • незаполненный чек, чек на предъявителя, карт-бланшRussian
  • 空白支票Chinese

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